Love Songs: Number One Songs With Love In Their Title Love Songs: Number One Songs With Love In Their Title Tweet It should come as no surprise that love is one of the most frequent subjects of songs. Whether you think it's a crazy little thing, wonder how deep it is, or just want to know what it is, there is a song about it. If you need to come up with some songs for an anniversary, wedding reception, or Valentine's Day, the list below is a great place to start. If you'd like to see an even more inclusive list of songs, check out all the 'love' songs that were on the US year end charts . US Number One 'Love' Songs 128 songs listed.

Benny Goodman - Taking A Chance On Love (1943) Guy Lombardo - It's Love-Love-Love (1944) Bing Crosby - I Love You (1944) Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt The One You Love (1944) Perry Como - Prisoner Of Love (1946) Nat King Cole - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1947) Mario Lanza - Be My Love (1951) Doris Day - Secret Love (1954) Jo Stafford - Make Love To Me!

(1954) Joan Weber - Let Me Go Lover (1955) Four Aces - Love Is A Many Splendered Thing (1955) Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (1956) Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956) Tab Hunter - Young Love (1957) Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand (1957) Pat Boone - April Love (1957-1958) Teddy Bears - To Know Him, Is To Love Him (1958) Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk O' Love (1959) Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1961) Connie Francis - Don't Break The Heart That Loves You (1962) Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You (1962) Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) (1962) Tymes - So Much In Love (1963) Beatles - She Loves You (1964) Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (1964) Beatles - Love Me Do (19

64) Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (1964) Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love (1964) Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody (1964) Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (1964) Supremes - Baby Love (1964) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1965) Supremes - Stop!

In The Name of Love (1965) Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Game of Love (1965) Petula Clark - My Love (1966) Young Rascals - Good Lovin' (1966) Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (1966) Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (1966) Supremes - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone (1967) Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967) Lulu - To Sir with Love (1967) Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue (1968) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (1968) Doors - Hello, I Love You (1968) Supremes - Love Child (1968) Henry Mancini - Love Theme From 'Romeo And Juliet' (1969) Jackson Five - The Love You Save (1970) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (1970) O'Jays - Love Train (1973) Paul McCartney and Wings - My Love

 (1973) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (1973) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (1974) Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin Love (1974) Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe (1974) Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You (1974) Eagles - Best Of My Love (1975) Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (1975) Tony Orlando and Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) (1975) Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together (1975) Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds - Fallin' In Love (1975) Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (1976) Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (1976) Miracles - Love Machine Part 1 (1976) Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow (1976) Paul McCartney and Wings - Silly Love Songs (1976) Diana Ross - Love Hangover (1976) Mary

 MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers (1977) Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen) (1977) Emotions - Best Of My Love (1977) Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (1977-1978) Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water (1978) Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out (1979) Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1980) Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (1980) Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night (1981) REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (1981) Air Supply - The One That You Love (1981) Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love (1981) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll (1982) Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It (1984) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984) Foreigner - I Want

 to Know What Love Is (1985) Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love (1985) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You (1985) Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover (1985) Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (1986) Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All (1986) Peter Cetera - Glory of Love (1986) Steve Winwood - Higher Love (1986) Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (1986) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987) Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1987) Def Leppard - Love Bites (1988) Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love (1988) Will To Power - Baby I Love Your Way-Free Bird Medley (1988) New Kids On The Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever) (1989) Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back (1990) Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (1990) Mariah

 Carey - Vision of Love (1990) Nelson - (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection (1990) Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time (1990) Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) (1990) Madonna - Justify My Love (1990-1991) Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) (1991) Wilson Phillips - You're In Love (1991) Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman (1991) Color Me Badd - All 4 Love (1992) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992-1993) Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes (1993) UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love (1993) Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993) Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting - All for Love (1994) Celine Dion - The Power of Love (1994) Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You

 (1994) Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

(1995) Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me (1996) Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From 'Titanic') (1998) Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (1999) Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You (2000) Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love (2003) Mario - Let Me Love You (2004-2005) Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - My Love (2006) Akon feat. Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You (2006) Usher feat. Young Jeezy - Love in This Club (2008) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (2008) Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie (2010) Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love (2011-2012) Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (2016) UK Number One 'Love' Songs 101 songs listed.

Kay Starr - Comes A-Long A-Love (1953) Doris Day - Secret Love (1954) Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love (1956) Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956) Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love (1956) Tab Hunter - Young Love (1957) Shirley Bassey - As I Love You (1959) Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight (1959) Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1959) Ricky Valence - Tell Laura I Love Her (1960) Cliff Richard and The Shadows - I Love You (1960) Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby (1962) Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You (1962) Frank Ifield - Lovesick Blues (1962) Frank Ifield - Confessin' (That I Love You) (1963) Beatles - She Loves You (1963) Brian Poole and The Tremeloes - Do You

 Love Me (1963) Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (1964) Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love (1964) Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away (1964) Supremes - Baby Love (1964) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (1965) Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (My Love) (1965) Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love (1965) Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (1966) Engelbert Humperdink - Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) (1967) Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967) Love Affair - Everlasting Love (1968) Bobby Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1969) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (1970) T Rex - Hot Love (1971) Slade - Coz I Luv You (1971) Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (1972) Little Jimmy Osmond -

 Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (1972) Donny Osmond - Young Love (1973) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1973) Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love (1974) Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason (1974) 10cc - I'm Not In Love (1975) Bay City Rollers - Give A Little Love (1975) Stylistics - Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (1975) Tina Charles - I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) (1976) Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love (1976) Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (1979) Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love (1980) Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love (1980) Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981) Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love (1982) Renee and Renato - Save Your Love (1982

) Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (1983) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (1984) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984) Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (1985) Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover (1985) Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love (1985) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (1985) Housemartins - Caravan Of Love (1986) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987) Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1987) Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (1988) Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love (1988) Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (1989) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992) UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You (1993) Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't

 Do That) (1993) Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994) Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton - Love Can Build A Bridge (1995) Take That - How Deep Is Your Love (1996) George Michael - Fastlove (1996) Gary Barlow - Forever Love (1996) Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (1997) Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (2000) Spice Girls - Holler / Let Love Lead The Way (2000) Westlife - My Love (2000) Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing (2001) Hear'Say - The Way To Your Love (2001) Room 5 feat.

Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv (2003) Beyonce - Crazy In Love (2003) Elton John - Are You Ready For Love? (2003) Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? (2003) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (2007) David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over (2009) Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love (2009) JLS - Everybody In Love (2009) Scouting for Girls - This Ain't a Love Song (2010) JLS - Love You More (2010) Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - We Found Love (2011) Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel the Love (2012) will.i.am feat. Eva Simons - This Is Love (2012) Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) (2012) Gabrielle Aplin - The Power of Love (2012) Icona Pop feat.

Charli XCX - I Love It (2013) John Newman - Love Me Again (2013) Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love (2014) Sigma - Nobody To Love (2014) Cheryl Cole feat.

Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love (2014) David Guetta - Lovers On The Sun (2014) Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (2015) Sigala - Easy Love (2015) Patti Page - All My Love (1951) Paul Weston and Norman Luboff Choir - Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) (1951) Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters - You're Just In Love (1953) Nat King Cole - Answer Me My Love (1954) Joan Weber - Let Me Go Lover (1955) Billy Vaughn - Melody Of Love (1955) Tab Hunter - Young Love (1957) Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand (1957) Pat Boone - April Love (1958) Johnnie Ray - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1959) Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby (1962) Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You (1962) Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) (1

962) Johnny O'Keefe - Move Baby Move / You'll Never Cherish A Love So True (1963) Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There / Love Me Do (1964) Beatles - All My Loving EP (1964) Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That (1964) Elvis Presley - Ain't That Loving You, Baby / Ask Me (1964) Beatles - All You Need Is Love / Baby, You're A Rich Man (1967) Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue (1968) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (1968) Russell Morris - Part Three Into Paper Walls / The Girl That I Love (1969) Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (1970) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (1971) Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (1972) Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me (1973) Col Joye - Heaven Is My Woman's Love (1973) Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You (1974

) Sherbet - Summer Love (1975) Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together (1975) Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers (1977) Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) Racey - Lay Your Love On Me (1979) Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1980) Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love (1980) Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love (1981) Billy Field - You Weren't In Love With Me (1981) Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1982) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll (1982) Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (1984) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It (1984) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (1984) Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (1985) Huey Lewis and The News - The Power Of Love (1985) Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love (19

85) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (1986) Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (1986) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987) Jimmy Barnes - Too Much Ain't Enough Love (1987) B-52's - Love Shack (1989-1990) Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You (1990) Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (1990) Martika - Love...

Thy Will Be Done (1991) Euphoria - Love You Right (1991) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992-1993) Sonia Dada - (Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good (1993) Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes (1993) UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You (1993) Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993) Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting - All For Love (1994) Celine Dion - The Power Of Love (1994) Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994) Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You (1994) Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (1995) George Michael - Fastlove (1996) Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com >>> But what's the longest word in a lyric?

Word featuring in most titles The word "The" features in more hit titles than any other word (2506). Runner-up, a long way behind is "You" (1489) (as of w/e 11th Oct 2003) Word starting most titles The word "I" starts more hit titles than any other word (644). Then it's "Love" (234), "Don't" (219) and "You" (214) (as of w/e 11th Oct 2003) Least Different Letters Making Up An Artist - Title Combination U2 - "One" (5 characters). This uses a number so it could be argued that the real record-holders are ABC - "SOS" and Moby - "Go" (both 6 letters). However, "Doop" by Doop has just 3 different letters! Least different letters for a non eponymous single is 4 for Abba - "SOS." Palindromic Title by a Palindromic Artist "SOS" by Abba is the only palindromic hit song by a palindromic artist.

The Vowel-Free Titles: The following are the only titles of four letters or more to be vowel free (excluding numeric titles like "1999"): Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" Julian Cope - "Try Try Try" Blackout - "Mr DJ" Pop Will Eat Itself - "RSVP" Fall Out Boy - "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" Alphabetically First and Last Words In Titles Alphabetically, the first word to appear in any song title is, somewhat obviously, "A"; it has appeared in several hundred titles. More obscure though, alphabetically speaking, the last word to appear in any title is "Zululand" (in King Kurt's 1983 hit, "Destination Zululand"). Least Different Words Used For Multi-Worded Titles: Excluding single-worded titles, Destiny's Child are the only act to have three Top 40 hits and use no more than three different words in them; "No No No" (no. 5, 1998), "Bills, Bills, Bills" (no. 6, 1999), and "Jumpin' Jumpin'" (no.

5, 2000) Biggest Name-Droppers: Two groups have managed to take six girls' names into the Top 40: The Everly Brothers: "Wake Up Little Susie" (1957), "Claudette" (1958), "Take A Message To Mary" (1959), "Poor Jenny" (1959), "Cathy's Clown" (1960), and "Lucille" (1960). The Bachelors: ""Charmaine" (1963), "Diane" (1964), "Ramona" (1964), "Marie" (1965), "Hello Dolly" (1966) and "Marta" (1967). Thanks to chart guru Jon Kutner who points out that the Bachelors have a seventh if we include "Walk With Faith In Your Heart"!

Lyrical Connections Between Successive Number 1s A favourite question in pop quizzes goes something like this: "Which is the only record to have been knocked off the no.1 spot by a record whose title can be found in the lyric of the first song?" The 'classic' answer is "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. It contains the famous "mamma mia, mamma mia, mamma mia let me go" line. In January 1976, it was replaced at the top of the chart by none other than Abba's "Mamma Mia". But a more striking (and more bizarre) answer arises from 1959 when Emile Ford & The Checkmates' "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" unseated Adam Faith's "What Do You Want" from number one. It's particularly odd as, during the transition, the tracks tied for the top spot and shared the position for one week! But there are other examples, albeit less dramatic (ie. one-word titles), of this phenomenon: In 1958, The Kalin Twins made no. 1 with "When".

It replaced The Everly Brothers at the top; both tracks on their double A-Side "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Claudette" contained the word "When." Two years later Anthony Newley made no. 1 with "Why". It replaced Michael Holliday's "Starry Eyed" at no. 1; the opening line of that song is "Why am I so starry eyed?" In 1988, The Pet Shop Boys made no. 1 with "Heart". It replaced Aswad's "Don't Turn Around" at no. 1 (which contains the lines "Don't worry about this heart of mine" and "Coz you're gonna see my heart breaking"). The most recent example was seen in 2000. Madonna made no. 1 with "Music". It replaced Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" at no. 1 (which contains the line "While we are moving, the music is soothing").

There are two instances of the reverse of this phenomenon - a track being toppled from no.1 by another which contains its full title in the lyric: In 1960, Anthony Newley's "Why" was topped from no.1 by Adam Faith's "Poor Me" which contained "Why oh why do voices say to me, sit and cry, that this was meant to be." In 1975, Telly Savalas "If" was topped from no.1 by The Bay City Rollers "Bye Bye Baby" which opened with the line "If you hate me after what I say." Here's a interesting sub-category; Lyrical Prophecy Of Topping The Chart On 15th Nov 1980, Blondie's "The Tide Is High" reached number 1.

It included the line, "I'm gonna be your number one." It was knocked off the top spot on 29th Nov by Abba's "Super Trouper" which includes the line "feeling like a number one." Most Popular Title For A Top 40 Single Songs entitled "Angel" and "Crazy" have each made the Top 40 in 12 completely different tracks (ie. different tune / lyrics; not different versions of the same song). Runners-up are: "I Believe" (10) and "Stay" (9). The full list is here . First Self-Penned Number 1 Mantovani's "Cara Mia" (July 1954; the 20th no. 1); it was composed by Mantovani and Bunny Lewis (under pen names Tulio Trapani and Lee Lange respectively). Not until the 43rd Number 1 was an act entirely responsible for writing its own chart-topper; The Dreamweavers' "It's Almost Tomorrow" (March 1956).

Over twenty-eight years later Steveie Wonder became the first artist ever to write, produce and entirely perform a Number 1 ("I Just Called To Say I Love You", Sep 1984). Eponymous Number Ones When Mr. Blobby went to number one with "Mr Blobby" in 1993 it was the first time in 41 years of chart history that an eponymously title song achieved this feat. However, less than four months "Doop" hit number one by a band called Doop! Hits In Most Languages German pop/dance trio Sash! are the only act to have hits in four different languages. In 1997/8 they made the Top 40 with "Encore Une Fois" (in French), "Ecuador" (in Spanish), "Stay" and others (in English) and "La Primavera" (in Italian). Furthermore, though Sash's 1999 hit "Colour The World" was ostensively sung in English, it contained African lyrics by Nigerian vocalist Dr Alban and Finish singer Inka!

Petula Clark is the only British act to have hits in three languages; "Casanova" in German, "Ya Ya Twist" and "Chariot" in French and a host of others in English. One group has graced the charts with hits in three languages. Kraftwerk had success with "Autobahn" (in their native German), "Tour De France" (French), five other Top 40 titles in English and one bilingual ("Expo 2000" mixed German and English). Most Expletives The Super Furry Animals 1996 hit "The Man Don't Give A..." contained 49 expletives; a record for a Top 40 single. The most for a solo hit is 33 in Eamon's 2004 track "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)." This single also holds the record for most expletives in a chart-topper. The 'award' for most profanities in a hit by a female artist goes to Frankee whose 2004 number 1 "F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)" (an answer song to Eamon's) contained 22 swear words.

Biggest Hit By A Non-Human Artist In terms of chart success, this coverted title goes to The Archies for "Sugar Sugar" which spent 8 weeks at number 1 in 1969 (and stayed in the Top 40 for 22 weeks). Created for mass consumption by bubblegum-pop genius Don Kirshner (the man who gave us the Monkees), the Archies existed on television as an animated series based on the comic book characters of the same name. The voices behind the singing cartoon characters were vocalists Ron Dante, Toni Wine and Andy Kim. The biggest-selling single by a non-human group is "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh" by The Teletubbies (1997, 1.1 million copies). The biggest-selling single by a non-human soloist(!) is "Can We Fix It?" by Bob The Builder (year 2000, 1.0 million). The Weirdness Of Blur's "Song 2" The track "Song 2" was track 2 on the album "Blur". It was single 2 to be released from the album. It reached number 2 in the chart - and was just 2 minutes long!

Position-dodging The Eurythmics have had 9 top ten hits. No two songs have peaked at the same position. The only position they have failed to achieve is No. 7 (they also have one number 11 hit and one number 12 hit, too!) Most Graceful Retreat From Number 1 In chart history, four singles haven fallen from the Number 1 spot by one position for four consecutive weeks (ie. No. 1 to No. 2 to 3, 4, 5).

They are: Dickie Valentine - "Finger Of Suspicion" (1954) [1-2-3-4-5-5-4-9-17] Tommy Edwards - "It's All In The Game" (1958) [1-2-3-4-5-4-8-11-15-27] Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone" (1995) [1-2-3-4-5-7-9-13-25-30-31] Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) [1-2-3-4-5-7-8-10-11-15-23-33-38] The following singles managed to 'double' their fall from the top for four consecutive weeks: Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now" (1976) [1-2-4-8-16-16-28-30-39] Ian & The Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (1978) [1-2-4

-8-16-21] Abba - "The Winner Takes It All" (1980) [1-2-4-8-16-30] Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (1994) [1-2-4-8-16-21-35- 39] The record for languishing at No.

2 on the way out (for 8 weeks!) goes to: Johnnie Ray - "Such A Night" (1954) [1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-7-7-9-10-12] Most 'Impressive' Symmetrical Chart Careers For A Title Ten records in history have experienced symmetrical chart careers of four weeks (none has a longer symmetrical career). Of these, only four climbed as far as the top 30.

They are: Gloria Estefan - "Get On Your Feet" (1989) [34-23-23-34] The Beloved - "The Sun Rising" (1989) [37-26-26-37] Re-Flex - "The Politics Of Dancing" (1984) [34-28-28-34] Eric Clapton - "Wonderful Tonight (live)" (1991) [35-30-30-35] Artist 'Lapping' Himself During the time Bryan Adams hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was at number one, his follow up single, "Can't Stop This Thing We Started", not only entered the chart, but climbed to number 12, fell down the chart and disappeared from the chart altogether. First Chart Has-Been Jane Wyman was the first chart act to completely disappear from the chart, never to return. 12th Dec 1952 was her second and final week on the chart singing 'Zing A Little Zong' with Bing Crosby. When Was The Last Time...? ...

there were no entries in the Top 10: In March 2006, a new chart rule enabled download sales to count towards a single's chart position the week prior to the title being available in a 'hard' form (eg. CD). As download sales represented a relatively low proportion of overall sales at the time, this led to the return of a phenomenon which had been in decline for many years; titles entering the charts below their peak position and climbing! In w/e 29th April 2006 there were no new entries inside the Top 10, the first time that this had happened for more than four years.

This looks set to become a more regular occurrence as it was repeated on the weeks ending 13th May, 8th July, 19th Aug, 2nd Sep, 30th Sep, 2nd Dec 2006 as well as 27th Jan, 10th Feb, 24th Feb, 3rd Mar, 17th Mar, 7th Apr, 5th May, 2nd June, 30th June, 28th July, 22nd Sep, 13 Oct, 17 Nov, 8th Dec 2007, 12th Jan, 2nd Feb, 1st Mar, 8th Mar, 15th, 29th Mar, 26th April, 10th May, 1st Jun, 29 Nov 2008, 31st Jan, 28th Mar, 11th Apr, 16th May 2009. We're going to discontinue this listing soon if this trend continues as it's getting out of hand!

More impressively, on week ending 29th Nov, the highest new entry was at no. 29 (Christian Falk featuring Robyn - "Dream On", though Snow Patrol's "Run" re-entered one place higher). It is rare for the entire upper half of the Top 40 to be devoid of new entries. The previous instances were 26th Apr 2008 when the highest new entry was at no. 25 (Goldfrapp, "Happiness") and 10th Feb 2007, when Kasabian entered at no. 22 with "Me Plus One". Before that, we have to go back to 1994 to find a Top 20 free of debuting singles (outside of the Festive period of course). The 19th Aug 2006 chart not only featured no new entries into the Top 10, but also no "download-to-physical" climbers, making it doubly unusual. Moreover, on the week ending 21st Apr 2007, the entire top 10 was a rearrangement of the previous week's top 10 (i.e.

no songs climbing into, entering, or falling out of the top 10). This also happened on w/e 16th May 2009. Throughout the 80s and 90s the number of "high new entries" grew rapidly as record companies became more focussed in targeting chart sales periods for dramatic debut positions. It was then rare (away from Christmas / New Year) to find a Top 10 with no new entries. The last occurrence of this prior to the aforementioned download rule was w/e 9th Feb 2002 (highest new entry that week; "Dance For Me" by Mary J Blige at number 13). More than seven years before that, in June 1994, there was a very rare new-entry-free Top 20, "Move Your Body" by Anticapella being the highest debutant at number 21. (NB: this excludes charts inside the festive season when it is usual for the chart to be somewhat stagnant.) ... a single climbed back up to number one: Occasionally tracks drop from the number one spot and then do a 'U'- turn.

Latest to do this was Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean with "Hips Don't Lie." It had topped the chart for w/e 8th July 2006, then being displaced for a total of three weeks by Lily Allen's "Smile" (2 weeks) and McFly's "Don't Stop Me Now / Please Please" (1 week). On w/e 5th Aug 2006 Shakira and Wyclef Jean reclaimed the no. 1 position. Prior to this, Eric Prydz had returned to the top with "Call On Me" in Oct 2004. ... a single spent more than X weeks at number one:: The last single to spend 5 or more weeks at number one was: Duffy - "Mercy" (Feb - Mar 2008) [5 weeks at no. 1] The last single to spend 6 or more weeks at number one was: Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (Nov - Dec 2007) [7 weeks at no.

1] The last single to spend 8 or more weeks at number one was: Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (May - July 2007) [10 weeks at no. 1] The last single to spend 11 or more weeks at number one was: Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (June-Sep 1994) [15 weeks at no. 1] The last single to spend 16 or more weeks at number one was: Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (July-Nov 1991) [16 weeks at no. 1 - most ever consecutively.] The last single to spend 17 or more weeks at number one was: Frankie Laine - "I Believe" (Apr-Sep 1953) [18 weeks at no. 1 - though in three separate spells at the top.] More information . ... the Top 5 were all New Entries: The most recent occurrence of the entire top 5 consisting of New Entries was w/e 29th Jan 2005.

The previous occasion was w/e 13th Nov 2004; the fact attracted considerable attention as all five of the incumbents were American artists (in descending order: Eminem, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott, Usher) - a first. The first instance of all Top 5 singles being New Entries was w/e 31st Oct 1998 (Cher, George Michael, U2, Culture Club, Alanis Morissette). On just two occasions (w/e 15th Apr 2000 and w/e 29th Jan 2005) the entire top 6 were debutantes. ... the Top 5 were all non-movers: The week with most successive non-movers (excluding Christmas weeks) was in July 1955 when the whole Top 7 remained unchanged. Since then, only the whole of the Top 6 has ever remained static - on four occasions (9th July 1955, 8th April 1961, 30th May 1981 and 8th March 2008).

Top 7 : 9th July 1955 Top 6 : 8th March 2008 1 H Two O featuring Platnum What's It Gonna Be Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 4 Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo Now You're Gone Where Will The Baby's Dimple Be? Most New Entries In The Top 40 On w/e 17th May 1997, the Top 40 chart contained a record-breaking twenty new entries (of which only one was a climber from further down the chart). The week ending 5th March 2005 also introduced us to nineteen 'pure' new entries, this time with no climbers. Most New Entries In The Top 10 There have been seventeen occasions in chart history when seven titles of the Top 10 have been New Entries to the Top 40. The first such occurrence was w/e 19th April 1997. The top 10 looked like this: Top 10 : 19th April 1997 1 Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Official Top 20 Biggest Selling Singles revealed!

Google + To celebrate her new album, Wanderlust, debuting in the Top 5, we count down Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Official Top 20 Biggest Selling Singles in the UK. She’s already been on the pop scene an incredible 16 years, and now Sophie Ellis-Bextor is set to celebrate her 11th solo Top 40 hit this Sunday with Youngblood. Last week Sophie enjoyed her highest charting album since her solo debut Read My Lips in 2001, when Wanderlust entered the Official Albums Chart at Number 4 . Most people remember Sophie’s first big hit as her uncredited collaboration with dance DJ Spiller on huge Number 1 single Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) in 2000. Hardcore Sophie fans, however, would be quick to tell you that the Bextor’s first dalliance with chart success was actually as part of indie pop band Theaudience (no we haven’t missed a space between the words).

They had two Top 40 hits in 1998, A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed peaking at Number 27 and the biggest, I Know Enough (I Don’t Get Enough), reaching Number 25 on the Official Singles Chart and coming up 12th in Sophie’s sales countdown. The big one, of course, was that first solo outing as lyricist and vocalist on Spiller’s Groovejet. It’s sold 620,000 copies and was the 7th best selling single of 2000. The track was involved in an infamous chart battle with former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, who was also having her first shot at solo success, featuring on True Steppers’ Out Of Your Mind with Dane Bowers. It was Spiller and Sophie who won out, leaving Victoria to settle for second place. Sophie’s very first single with a solo artist credit was Take Me Home , a cover of a 1970s Cher track. It reached Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart, but it comes in third on Sophie’s sales countdown, shifting 240,000 copies.

Take Me Home’s follow-up, Murder On The Dancefloor, also made it to Number 2, selling 355,000 copies and taking its place as Sophie’s second biggest seller. Sophie’s collaboration with Freemasons from 2010, Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer, sold 130,000 copies to land 4th in Sophie’s hit list. Making a surprise appearance in 19th place is Sophie’s cover of disco classic Yes Sir I Can Boogie, originally a Number 1 hit for Baccara in 1977. Sophie recorded the track as a B-side to 2004’s I Won’t Change You. Including Groovejet, Sophie has scored seven Top 10s on the Official Singles Chart. All five of her albums went Top 40, with 2001’s Read My Lips, 2007’s Trip The Light Fantastic and this year’s Wanderlust all going Top 10. Youngblood will be Sophie’s 14th Top 40 hit altogether.

Here’s the full Top 20 of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s biggest selling tracks: Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Official Top 20 Biggest Selling Singles

Question: Who had a number one in 2000 with Groove Jet (If This Ain't Love)
Answer: Spiller